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A Mexican citizen who had been in local custody after pleading guilty to assault charges, and was released from custody by the Tompkins County
Sheriff�s Office after the sheriff�s office refused to honor a federal
arrest warrant, has been arrested and taken into custody by federal law enforcement.

�The Tompkins County Sheriff�s Office in Ithaca, NY, a self-described
sanctuary city, appears to have failed to honor a valid federal arrest
warrant for a criminal alien with an assault conviction,� said Acting
Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove. �Yesterday, despite the warrant, a
defendant with no legal status and a history of violence was released into
the community. Federal agents risked their safety and pursued the
defendant in unsafe conditions. Today, they were successful in recapturing
the defendant. I applaud the U.S. Attorney�s commitment to investigate
these circumstances for potential prosecution, and the efforts of the
agents who were able to arrest the defendant under wholly avoidable circumstances. The Justice Department will not tolerate actions that
endanger law enforcement and make their jobs harder than they already are,
as they work to protect us all. We will use every tool at our disposal to prevent sanctuary city policies from impeding and obstructing lawful
federal operations designed to make America safe again and end the
national crisis arising from four years of failed immigration policy.�

Jesus Romero-Hernandez, 27, was charged in a federal criminal complaint on
Jan. 8, 2024, with illegally reentering the United States after a prior removal.

Because Romero-Hernandez was then in the custody of the Tompkins County Sheriff�s Office in Ithaca, New York, awaiting resolution of New York
State assault charges, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) provided a copy of a federal
arrest warrant, signed by a U.S. Magistrate Judge, to the Tompkins County Sheriff�s Office.

On Jan. 28, after Romero-Hernandez�s New York State assault charges were resolved by his plea of guilty to assault in the third degree and a
sentence of time-served, the Tompkins County Sheriff�s Office refused to
honor the federal arrest warrant and released Romero-Hernandez before ICE-
ERO arrived to pick him up and bring him to federal court in Syracuse to
be arraigned on the pending federal criminal complaint.

Today ICE-ERO apprehended Romero-Hernandez with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The charges in the complaint pending against Romero-Hernandez are merely accusations, and he is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The U.S. Attorney�s Office for the Northern District of New York is
looking into the circumstances surrounding his release.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/violent-illegal-alien-arrested-after- release-local-jail-despite-federal-arrest-warrant

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